Teabagging: Not just for octogenarians anymore!
Parents are always hunting for summer activities to keep their kids engaged and occupied. And with even west-coast schools now letting out for the summer, the search is on among enterprising parents to enrich the lives of their children through science camps, music camps, and sports camps.
Pfft. Worthless endeavors, one and all. Physical fitness, educational rigor, musical enrichment. What, in God's name, are kids going to get from any of those things that are of value?
Fortunately, if you are in the vicinity of Tampa, Florida, there is a real alternative, the kind of summer camp that really has a tangible impact on the quality of your youngster's life. Indeed, if you are lucky enough to be in the area, your children are afforded the opportunity to teabag their summer away!
Here's another option now that the kids are out of school: a weeklong seminar about our nation's founding principles, courtesy of the Tampa 912 Project.
The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that include "America is good," "I believe in God," and "I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable."
Yes, lucky parents of Hillsborough County, you can introduce your children to the wondrous ways of Glennbeckistan, right in your own backyard!
If you worry about the content of political indoctrination being too dry to keep young minds engaged, fear not. With activities like this, your kids will doubtlessly be clamoring for more:
Another example: Starting in an austere room where they are made to sit quietly, symbolizing Europe, the children will pass through an obstacle course to arrive at a brightly decorated party room (the New World).
Red-white-and-blue confetti will be thrown. But afterward the kids will have to clean up the confetti, learning that with freedom comes responsibility.
Then there's the gold standard simulation. Seriously. There is one. Or how popping bubbles mimics socialism.
As often is the case, allow Digby to ask the question that everyone should be asking about this particular venture:
These people are raising their kids to be insufferable, proselytizing Ayn Rand adolescents or black-clad teen-age loners who love Death Metal and hate their parents. (The latter have a far better chance of becoming productive human beings.)
But doesn't anyone see the irony of indoctrination into individualism?